400.Allen is a 30-year-old bachelor who frequents “singles” bars. He is
cautious and always uses a condom in his sexual encounters. Recently, he
has felt “off,” experiencing a sore throat, malaise, and a slight fever. When
you see him in your office, he has a few swollen lymph nodes and has a
large palpable structure in the left upper abdomen indicated by the aster-
isk in the accompanying radiograph. He had a positive monospot test and
an elevated sedimentary rate. The structure you palpated was which of the
following?
506 Anatomy, Histology, and Cell Biology
a. Hepatomegaly
b. Splenomegaly
c. The stomach
d. A tumor of the liver
e. Liver cirrhosis